On Sunday, I went to my cousins’ graduation party at the Hale Koa hotel, Waikiki Ballroom. Root knows which cousins they are – he saw them at Dangerway once when we were getting Saturday dinner ingrediments. Nicole graduated with a BA in something from UHM, and Chelsea graduated from high school. She’s on the cheerleader/dance squad, so she and a couple of her friends performed several well-choreographed sets (I wonder if Mitch’s daughter knows her?). Sorry – no pictures!
It was a very nice party, despite the food being marginal at best. I was initially optimistic because I saw tomato and mozzarella salad, but the tomatoes were soft, and there was no balsamico – only olive oil. The small sides were OK, but the salad greens weren’t green. The main course was roast beef, which was overdone and salty. The dude carving/serving the roast was having trouble cutting slices since the dry meat would crumble like corned beef. He cut off a 30mm-thick slab, dropped it on top of my plate and said, “thanks for helping me out, buddy.” Great. The dessert table had a cheesecake-like thing with a sour fruit (pear?) glaze, a chocolate mousse with whip and fruit topping, and some kind of dry cake. Three choices. Whee. The coffee was actually good.
It’s a nice facility, but I’d rank the food just below Shogun.
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